Gap Filling Exercises for class 8 Exercise-79 & 80

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Exercise-79

Choose the best word from the options given below and complete the following passage.

The students (i)………….   talking as Miss. Sarkar (ii)……….   the classroom. Then in a loud voice (iii) ………..  said ‘Good Morning’ and (iv) ………..  quickly around the room. All the children (v) ………..  her intently to find out what sort of a person she (vi)  ……….. “I suppose you want to know my name,” she said. But before she could tell them, someone in the class yelled out, “You are Miss Sarkar.”

(i)(a) are                      (b) was                          (c) were                             (d) been

(ii) (a) enters                (b) entered                  (c) entering                       (d) entours

 (iii) (a) she                  (b) they                         (c) he                                 (d) them

(iv) (a) glance              (b) glancing                  (c) glanced                       (d) glancy

 (v) (a) observe            (b) watching                (c) watch                           (d) watched

 (vi) (a) is                     (b) was                         (c) been                             (d) being

Answers:-

 (i) c               (ii) b                 

(iii) a              (iv) c                  

 (v) d            (vi) b

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Exercise-80

Choose the best word from the options given below and complete the following passage.

On the seventh day the servants (a)……………   their jobs and (b)  …………. Away. The same day Dr Sadao was called (c) ………………  the palace because of the old general (d) ………….. ill. Sadao was the only surgeon the general (e)………………. He (f)…………….. that he might need Dr Sadao any day.

 (a) (i) had quit            (ii) quit                        (iii) quitted                  (iv) quitting

(b) (i) went                  (ii) were going            (iii) had gone               (iv) were going

(c) (i) on                      (ii) to                           (iii) for                         (iv) at

 (d) (i) was                   (ii) had                         (iii) has been               (iv) is

(e) (i) trusted               (ii) will trust                (iii) trusts                     (iv) is trusting

 (f) (i) has known         (ii) knows                     (iii) with                       (iv) in

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